Monthly Archives: February 2021

Standard Chartered CEO: Stock markets will ‘look fruity’

LONDON – Standard Chartered’s chief executive on Thursday warned that the stock market’s valuation had reached an inadvisable level during a period he described as “speculative hype”, saying it was possible for tech-led sell-offs to enter others. Fields. Bill Charters, CEO of Standard Chartered, told CNBC, “There are indications that …

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Australia Australia passes new law to pay Facebook and Google for news

The new code, approved by the Australian Parliament on Thursday, will “ensure that news media businesses receive a fair return for the content they create,” Australian Australian Treasurer Josh Friedenberg said in a statement. The country’s unprecedented new law has been hotly debated in recent months. Facebook (FB) And Google …

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Researchers have found an emerging COVID-19 strain in New York

New York City is experiencing a new coronavirus strain sharing some of South Africa’s characteristics with different species, researchers said Wednesday. As of mid-February, a new variant named B..5.526 was present in 12 percent of coronavirus samples collected in and around the Big Apple Pal, said researchers at Columbia University …

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